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Lidstrom asked Ken Daniels that once on the plane and Daniels responded "I'd guess about 50 or so from you"

I agree. No one can do it as well as he did. He stuck his butt out in the goalies face like it was nobodys business.

The only consistent team is Washington amd MAYBE Florida. Everyone is equally good/bad. The race is that tight.. Seems like we suck but the truth of the matter is the parity is ridiculous. That said our offense is below average for sure. But our possession is above average and goaltending is well above average.

The more I look at it the more I think he hasn't even SIGNIFICANTLY declined... 65 points in 63 games last year.... Corsi for % 60.6 last year to 59.3 this year. Fenwick is actually higher this year. This year is an outlier because he didn't have a training camp or any sort of summer conditioning... You really can't even count this year against him because he was at such a disadvantage. I think Datsyuk will have a better year next year than this year. So as far as "Fixing the mess" is concerned I don't think he should even be in the equation as far as issues are concerned.

Shutup you fool!

As Captain Beard said today - This IS the playoffs.

Thank you to all Wings players. That was a hard working win.

4 unanswered goals

I saw him in Bloomfield the other day and asked him about his leg (last week when it got injured) and his response was. "Dont worry, I'll be back". As if it was nothing. (Even tho he was limping lol)

Kronwal is whooooozy

Jagr is beast man. 43 and faster than Zetterberg. xD

It's not in the nature of Pav and Z to be greedy. Remember when Z and his agent negotiated his huge contract with Holland and Yzerman? Z specifically had his contract designed so he wouldn't make more money than Lidstrom during the initial years. That's just pure class..

Side note - Datsyuk has 8 PP goals this year of his 15. He's the new Nyquist aka King of PP goals.

Everyone chill the f*** out. 3-2 period to play. LGW!!!

Actually I was trying to get in with my laptop and kept getting an error. So I've been using my phone all day. I think there may be an issue. He may have to log out all other devices he's using LGW on and just sign in through one. Not sure.

Oh this oughta be good. Jiminey jam with a GDT.

Not sure if Bertuzzi makes it and if he does possible a 4th line guy (although Krsmith may be better able to assess him than me). Trade Nyquist, Helm may not come back if he thinks he's worth more than we will offer. Jurco and Pulk I have no idea what the plan is with them - neither seem to be favored by the coach. Although I bet Jurco has a better shot of staying here than Pulk. Sheahan isn't looking like we expected him to be. Do we hang on to him? Maybe. Glendenning isn't that good. That's a possible 5-6 guys who are up in the air. So down to 7 players for sure to keep including Zetterberg. 8 if you include Datsyuk. So four more spots for young players. Build this team around Larkin, Mantha, Svech, AA. Keep 2 veterans (D and Z). By 2018 Svech might make this roster like Larkin leap frogged. Highly doubt our 2016 and 2017 draft picks will make 2018 roster. That's 4 RFA's to build around and two veterans who could have total cap hit of around 10 million in 2018. I think it's possible. OR. Bring Stamkos and Yandle and the rest is history. gg.

I suggest you read the rest of my post. No need to get snappy. I suggested a hypothetical scenario. You can check how our GR roster and see who may have the potential to crack the line up. 2 veterans taking up a 12 man forward roster space. Do we have more than 10 worthy forwards knocking on the door by 2018? I doubt it. Just as a side note our 2008 stanley cup roster had the following age range of players - Two players that were 40+ year olds. Eight players that were 35-40 year olds. Four 30-34 year olds. Drake - Draper - Maltby was our third line. Holmstrom was 35 and on the first line. If Draper, Drake and Maltby can be good enough to be part of a third line on a cup team then a 38/39 year old Datsyuk can be as well. Draper only produced 17 points in the 08 season. So 50 points from a 39 year old would be nice. Hell even 36 points wouldn't be bad as long as the cap hit is worth it. Jagr is 43 and his cap hit is $3.5 million and currently has 55 points on his team. Let's see I just forwarded the clock a few thousand hours, then rewound it a few more thousand and moved forward a couple to the present. Time travel is fun.

So who exactly is knocking on the Wings door that can't get in because of Dats and Zetterberg? Jurco and Pulkinnen? I'm actually wondering btw. Picture it's 2018 and we have Dats and Z on an 18 man roster. Who would they be hindering from being on there. 18 slots. 12 forwards two taken up by them so 10 forward spots left.

Lidstrom was a defenseman. They make good money even in their later years due to their longevity on ice. How many forwards in the league who are 39/40 make 6-7 million?Seriously can someone answer this?

If Ladd doesn't re-sign with Chicago I'd hope Holland heavily pursues him in the summer.

We should sign Jagr in the offseason. Guaranteed to score more goals than everyone on our team.

One of those combo swaps will likely happen next season. When Richards is gone.

First time he's played so many games in a season in the NHL. Mrazek is also making more mistakes than previously. The grind is probably getting to Marchenko and maybe partially to Mrazek. These guys are rookies. The way I look at it the upside has got to be really good if they already make so many less mistakes (overall in the course of the season). Unlike Smith/Kindl who took FOREVER to get better and less error prone. This may be the first season where I haven't wanted to throw my drink at my TV when Smith makes a mistake. I'm at the point where he's played well enough to where I don't mind when he screws up.

Those are 4 scoring lines on paper alright. Helm should be switched with AA.